Waddah brings up a very relative notion: freedom.

Freedom is a feeling: an Iraqi living under Saddam could have very well felt free, if he followed all the things he was asked to do or not to do, if he was informed enough and adapted to it.

When I got the IRS form last year, 2 lines were requiring me to declare saved money outside the US....I didn't know about this because I live far from the US. I felt betrayed and asked to renounce my US citizenship. This was a limitation to my freedom as a US citizen.
Belgium had asked exactly the same thing years ago, but this time we al knew well in advance (TV, newspapers, friends, etc...) and we knew what to expect, what to do and this didn't at all feel like a limitation to my freedom.
If you know, you feel free; if you don't know and later are surprised by it, the feeling of freedom gets a blow.